one more thing,

is the pistol truly back??

Well, it's not the GOD/Anti Sniper weapon it was back in Halo CE.

But compared to the pistol from Halo 2 and Halo 3 it is beast !

4 shots to the body to take down the opponents shields and one accurate headshot. Gets you a kill every time.
It is way more accurate compared to the AR. Going with pistol 1v1 against an AR guy, you will always win. With an 8 round clip, the pistol can definitely hold its own.

Going against the DMR is another thing. The DMR is an easy headshot weapon at longe to mid range. It fails at closer range to the pistol because of the pistols faster rate of fire.

Here is how I would rate it.

AR - Not really the best weapon at any range unless you want to spray and melee the guy. Best used when you have support.

Pistol - Good at close and medium range.

DMR - Good at medium and long range. Will loose to pistol at close range.

They have done a pretty good job of balancing out most of the weapons in my opinion.Of course I am only talking about the human weapons here. Still early days in the Beta though and things are subject to change.

This vid might help.

Ya pistol's kickass.. It's my default weapon till I find a better weapon =D

After playing Invasion and Invasion slayer I can conclude that both these game types need a LOT of balancing. The elites seem way too underpowered in Invasion and the spawns need to be fixed for both game types.

But it is still a ton of fun.

Good to see you beta testers havent totally forgotten us who dwell in the barren wastes of the non-beta access board

Congrats to everyone who got in